<TITLE>02. Par 5-8</TITLE>L-5 Marked most of my life, or a great deal of it, has been on a ranch. I remember up on Troublesome River, where we used to herd cattle, run them up on to the Arapaho Forest, and they had a drift fence. I don't know what you eastern people know about a drift fence, but they keep the cattle from drifting back off of the forest. You can raise a ton of hay, then... And you have from the Chamber of Commerce, the brand, you can put a cow on the forest, if you can raise a--a ton of hay to take care of the cow through the winter.
And now, the ranger, he always counts the cattle as they goes in, and check them. And many times have I set there, and my leg across the horn of the saddle, watching the ranger. He never noticed the brand so much; how many brands there was, because he kindly knew that anyhow. But he checked the blood tag in the ear. See? The blood tag... They had to... No matter what the brand was you had--it had to be a thoroughbred hereford, or it could not go on the range. No matter how good the brand was placed on it, it had to be a thoroughbred hereford, or it could not graze on that range.
I think that's what it'll be at the great gate when we get there. He won't say, "Are you branded, Methodist, Pentecostal, Baptist, Lutheran," it's what the blood mark is. All those that are borned of the Spirit of God, by the Blood of Jesus Christ will be welcome in no matter what brand you're wearing.

L-6 Now, and upon that now, we will open His Word, and speak to you from His Word.
I'm not a theologian; I said lots of times, that I didn't get a chance to get an education. I'm not much of a preacher. I don't know the Word too well, but I know the Author real well. So that's... I love Him, and He will reveal the Word as we go along.
Now, let us bow our heads just a moment, while we speak to Him, before we open the Word.

L-7 Blessed and eternal God, as we come humbly as the creatures of time into Thy Presence, we ask that You'll remember us, Lord, and will forgive us of all of our sins and trespasses against You.
And now, as we open this little building tonight to the Gospel, we would ask that You would dedicate our hearts to Your Word and to Your Spirit, as we dedicate the building and ourselves to the service of the living God.
And Father, we pray tonight, that Your blessed Son will come in the form of the Holy Ghost and will reveal to us, Lord, His Presence. Oh, may He do for us, tonight, the exceedingly abundantly.

L-8 Bless all these dear people who are out tonight. We pray that a special blessing rest upon the sick and the needy, for they've come for that purpose, Lord, that they could be healed. And the reason that they're here, proves that there is a healing fountain somewhere. As David said in the days gone by, "When the deep calleth to the deep..." There's got to be a deep to respond to that call.
So Father, they are here tonight, because they believe You, and are looking forward to seeing that fountain filled with Blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins.


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